It’s a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrew’s Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been erected. A common phenomenon in temples, and seen in the Kerala

All successful endeavors, military, economic, social, religious or political had strategic planning and visionary leaders behind them. A successful individual will devise his or her career path. What is planning? Let’s review couple of definitions. Planning is: a scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for

The Indian Orthodox Church founded by St. Thomas, the Disciple of Jesus Christ, is one of the most ancient Churches in the whole Christendom. The St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Sharjah, one among the old churches in the UAE established in the year 1978, named after the glorious Saint, The “St.

Supreme head favours retirement age for bishops; deemed varsity status for old seminary soon MOSC to extend helping hand to Egyptian Orthodox Christians if needed Sees tiff with Patriarch faction as confrontation between justice and injustice, cannot accept foreign leadership in an Indian set up. MUSCAT: The Catholicos and Malankara

Wolves and sheep will live together in peace, and leopards will lie down with young goats. Calves and lion cubs will feed together, and little children will take care of them Cows and bears will eat together, and their calves and cubs will lie down in peace. Lions will eat

BANGALORE – Rheamol (aka Sherin Sara Alexander), is a sprightly 13-year-old, fighting for her life. A member of the St Mary’s Orthodox Valiyapally, Jalahalli, Bangalore, this exceptional child is the daughter of Mr Alexander Panicker. When all other kids are out in school and playful, this kid is on chemotherapy

The Central Travancore district of Pathanamthitta, hitherto considered to be a traditional United Democratic Front bastion, has been badly rocked by the Communist Party of India(Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front in the just-concluded Assembly polls. LDF has bagged three of the five Assembly seats in the district, giving a drubbing to

KALMESHWAR, Nagpur: ‘Upasana’ in Sanskrit means ‘sitting near’. The term is used in Hinduism to denote a prescribed method for approaching a deity (God) or getting close to deity. That’s what Upasana, the proposed centre of the Nagpur-based St Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary (STOTS) is all about. As STOTS enters

Decentralisation of Ministry is My Main Focus: Dr Mar Seraphim ‘Spiritual revival to receive top most priority’ An Exclusive for IOH MUSCAT : Dr Abraham Mar Seraphim, the youngest Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, has after taking over the reins of the nascent Bangalore Diocese, completed visits to all

Contextual meeting points providing a mission model In today’s context where we are in the age of Face Book (FB), Twitter, Weblog etc, we have many forums as our meeting points without travelling or rather travelling into each other’s space. It is indeed amazing to see how we can get